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50.000 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in orange-red and green over a fine guilloche underprint, the obverse carries an intaglio portrait of Nicolás de Piérola at right, facing left. The Peruvian national coat of arms appears in green at center-left, flanked by an ornate decorative panel, with the bank title BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ running along the top. The denomination CINCUENTA MIL SOLES DE ORO is set in bold lettering at center, with the date 23 DE AGOSTO DE 1985 at lower left and signature titles DIRECTOR, PRESIDENTE, and GERENTE GENERAL beneath. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ 50000 CINCUENTA MIL SOLES DE ORO |
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By 1985, Peru's sol de oro was in terminal decline. Inflation had been accelerating for years, and the 50,000-sol denomination — unthinkable a decade earlier — was a direct consequence of a monetary system that would be replaced entirely the following year when the inti was introduced at a conversion rate of 1,000 soles de oro to one inti. This note was effectively born obsolete.
Bundesdruckerei's involvement reflects a broader pattern among Latin American central banks sourcing security printing from West Germany during this period, when domestic capacity couldn't keep pace with the volume demands of high-inflation economies.